leaving ND out of the voting all together.
There was backlash from both coaches and some sportswriters to ND having recently broken from the CFA on the broadcast package and signing their exclusive NBC deal. That was the biggest factor in costing ND a Nat. championship. Without that negative bias, the loss to BC could have been overcome by the bowl results.
I don't fault him for that. The biggest travesty was the prick, Tom Osborne...
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- Notre Dame Football: Revisiting The Game Of The Century [NT]
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- Starting with their 1St TD, ND dominated F$U. Too bad the final score wasn't an accurate indicator - IrishChristopher - 10:28pm 3/15/20
- As I remember, Bobbybowden still voted his team over ND [NT]
- irishone - 1:06pm 3/16/20
- Of course. That was supposed to be "his year" - IrishChristopher - 10:13pm 3/18/20
- I don't fault him for that. The biggest travesty was the prick, Tom Osborne... - Irish_Demon - 4:04pm 3/16/20
- Doubt it would have made a difference - ndunabomber - 10:08am 3/18/20
- Yep! His NC was really a Lifetime Achiievement Award [NT]
- irishone - 11:23am 3/18/20
- No, that was a common narrative, mostly among disgruntled ND fans, but reality was different... - Irish_Demon - 10:37am 3/19/20
- ^This! [NT] - IrishChristopher - 10:14pm 3/18/20
- Yep! His NC was really a Lifetime Achiievement Award [NT]
- irishone - 11:23am 3/18/20
- Tne biggest hypo everr [NT] - ColeyO - 9:34pm 3/16/20
- Good points. [NT] - irishone - 9:20pm 3/16/20
- Doubt it would have made a difference - ndunabomber - 10:08am 3/18/20
- As I remember, Bobbybowden still voted his team over ND [NT]
- irishone - 1:06pm 3/16/20
- if they were #1what were we? [NT] - DonMiller - 9:48pm 3/15/20
- Starting with their 1St TD, ND dominated F$U. Too bad the final score wasn't an accurate indicator - IrishChristopher - 10:28pm 3/15/20